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December 13, 2011

Interview with Lynn Weingatren

I'm pleased to welcome the author of Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers (read my review here) to the blog!

First here's a little bit about her:

Author's Bio (from goodreads):Lynn Weingarten is a writer of YA books, eater of snacks, and friend of dogs. Hello! Her first young adult novel, Wherever Nina Lies (Scholastic Point, 2009) was named an ALA Top Ten Popular Paperback for Young Adults, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, a YALSA Teen's Top Ten Nominee and has been published in German.

Her second book, The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers (HarperTeen 2011) received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, is on Kirkus's list of Best Teen Books 2011. Before writing full-time Lynn edited and developed young adult and middle grade fiction for Alloy Entertainment.

A
friend of mine was reading a non-fiction book about how to pick up
ladies. So I read it too and found it totally fascinating (and also
kind of horrible). And that was where this whole thing started.

If
The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers was made into a movie, who
would you want to play the main roles and why?

Lucy
-- Dakota Fanning – I think she’s a fantastic actress.

Olivia
-- Kristen Stewart - She seems like she knows
things. Also, if she were in
this, then maybe all the Twilight fans would come to see it. (And
okay, we could give R. Patz a role too).

Gil
– Selena Gomez – I’ve actually never seen her in anything
except a music video but she’s cute.

Liza
- Taylor Swift -- I’m not actually sure she’d make a great
Liza since she seems nice, but I really like her and wanted to give
her a part!

Favorite
movie theater candy?

Milk
Duds (but then I hope whoever is next to me gets popcorn and whoever
is next to them gets Skittles and that we can all share).

Your
biggest pet peeve?

Being
overheated.

If
The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers had a motto, what would it be?

The
people who told you about the world only understood part of the
story.

One
thing you want readers to take away from reading The Secret
Sisterhood of Heartbreakers?

At
the risk of sounding terribly corny, I will say this: I feel like
we’re all given lots of messages (mostly through advertising, but
it comes from other sources too) that suggest we have to spend all
day comparing ourselves to other people --you’re only pretty if
you’re prettier than someone else and you’re only smart if you’re
smarter than someone else, etc etc. But this way of thinking is not
only wrong, but it feels really bad to do! So I guess I’m hoping
that any readers who think like that might take away from this book
the idea that you don’t have to do that. There are other options of
how to look at the wor

ld.

For
anyone who hasn’t read the book that probably sounds like, um, a
very random thing for me to hope people get from a book about girls
who break boys hearts use their tears to perform magic! But hopefully
for anyone who has read it, that will make sense.

What
do you think of that cover?

I
absolutely love it. I love it so much, we made the final scene in the
book trailer to match:

Thanks for stopping by, Lynn, you've been a delight!And now, here's a little bit about The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers:

Release Date ~ December 27, 2011Publisher ~ HarperTeenSummary: When her boyfriend breaks up with her on the first day of sophomore year, Lucy has no idea how she’s going to make it through homeroom, let alone the rest of her life. Enter three stunning girls with a magical offer Lucy can’t refuse. All she has to do is get a guy to fall in love with her in the next seven days, and then…break his heart and collect one of his brokenhearted tears. As the girls teach Lucy how to hook a guy (with the help of a little magic), she quickly discovers how far she is willing to go—and who she is willing to cross—to get what she wants.Fans of Lauren Myracle, Jodi Lynn Anderson, and Meg Cabot will love this tale of breakups, friendship, new crushes, and magic. Told with wit and charm, The Secret Sisterhood of Heartbreakers is sure to be one of this winter’s most irresistible reads!

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